The Tigers' history cannot be explained except for two outstanding stars. Sun Dong-yeol, the "Mudeungsan Bomber," and Lee Jong-beom, the "baseball genius," were legends who went beyond the Tigers and made a page in the history of Korean baseball.온라인바카라

One thing that Sun and Lee have in common is that they conquered the league in their second year as professionals. In his second year in 1986, he pitched in 39 games and pitched 262 ⅔ innings, winning his first regular season MVP award with 24 wins, six losses and six saves with an ERA of 0.99. At that time, Sun was 23 years old. It was a season when he announced the emergence of a new league ruler.

Lee Jong-beom did the same. Lee, who won the MVP award in the Korean Series after debuting in Haitai in 1993, was honored as regular season MVP by leaving a batting average of .393, an on-base percentage of .452, and a slugging percentage of .581196 hits, 19 homers, 77 RBIs and 84 steals in 124 games in 1994, his second year as a professional. He was the only player in the KBO league to challenge for a batting average of 400, 200 hits, 20 homers and 100 steals. Lee was 24 years old at the time. Fans were ecstatic to see a different kind of "baseball genius."

They conquered the league in their second year as professionals, especially in their early 20s, and are still considered "legendary" today. Sun Dong-yeol's No. 18 and Lee Jong-beom's No. 7 are designated as permanent members of the Tigers.

Finally, a next-generation superstar has emerged that will succeed them this year. It is Kim Do-young. She has posted a whopping .347 on-base percentage, .420 on-base plus .647 189 hits, 38 homers, 109 RBIs and 40 steals in 141 games this year. She has achieved the record of 10 homers-10 steals per month, the youngest and the smallest game, 30 homers-30 steals, the minimum natural cycling hit at bat, and the record of 143 runs scored in a single season for the first time in a single season.

The regular season MVP was also Kim Do-young's. Kim was named the regular season MVP at the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO award ceremony held at Lotte Hotel World Crystal Ballroom in Seoul on Sunday. In a vote by reporters, he garnered 95 out of 101 votes, receiving 94.1 percent of the vote.

Immediately after receiving the MVP award, Kim said, "I am honored to receive such a big award as MVP at such a big award ceremony. This year, KIA won the combined championship. It is an even greater honor to receive this big award that year, and I will always work hard to be an exclamation point so that I can become a player who contributes to my team in the future." He also received applause for his impressions of using his buzzword 'day like that.'

Kim made his professional debut in 2022. This is his third year in the professional league. In terms of annual leave, it was later that he won the MVP award than Sun Dong-yeol and Lee Jong-beom. Unlike college graduates, however, Kim entered the professional arena right after graduating from Dongseong High School in Gwangju, and he is only 21 years old this year. He won the MVP faster than the Tigers' permanent absenteeism legends.

Even if you look at the previous Tigers MVP genealogy, you can see how great Kim Do-young's season is. Starting with Kim Sung-han in 1985, the Tigers' MVP was followed by Sun Dong-yeol in 1986, Kim Sung-han in 1988, Sun Dong-yeol in 1989, Sun Dong-yeol in 1990, Lee Jong-beom in 1994, Yoon Seok-min in 2011, Yang Hyun-jong in 2017, and Kim Do-young in 2024. Kim Do-young failed to break the record of the youngest MVP in history as there was Ryu Hyun-jin, who won the MVP and Rookie of the Year at the same time as soon as he made his professional debut in 2006, but he succeeded in breaking the record of the youngest ever MVP as a Tigers MVP.

I wonder how Kim, who won the MVP award at the youngest age among Tigers players, will perform next year and again in the future. Kim's "legend" is just beginning.